Example sentences of "have taken a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , it has taken a major tragedy to focus the minds of hauliers and their professional advisers sharply on these problem areas . |
| 2 | As you will be aware the Council has taken a major initiative to investigate the levels of participation and standards of performance in sport and physical recreation among young people . |
| 3 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 4 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 5 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 6 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 7 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 8 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 9 | The so called ‘ new man ’ of the nineties has taken a conscious decision to split childcare with his working wife/partner . |
| 10 | As a result , she has taken a calculated decision to ensure that the royal grandchildren remain — whatever the cost — under her influence . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 12 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 13 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
| 14 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |
| 15 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |
| 16 | It would have taken a bold investor to put 40% of a stock portfolio in the Tokyo market in the mid-1980s , even though that was what Japan 's share of global stockmarket capitalisation had become . |
| 17 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 18 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 19 | Lord Hulton had only about thirty suckling cows but it had taken a three-hour rodeo to test them . |
| 20 | It had taken a few days to persuade her ladyship to accept change , for she had for so long been used to living in squalor that she could not at first accustom herself to an altered way of life . |
| 21 | The class had taken a whole afternoon to find him buried beneath his precious collection and he had been more concerned about his stones than himself . |
| 22 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
| 23 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 24 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 25 | A North Korean Foreign Ministry statement on Sept. 17 said : " In the situation in which the attempt to perpetuate and legalize the nation 's and people 's division by taking advantage of international leverage on entry into the UN has recently become clear , we have taken a decisive step to enter the UN in order to prevent such grave consequences arising , " adding that North Korea had not changed its policy on reunification . |
| 26 | I have taken a little time to sketch the history of paragraph 16.5 of Code C in order to show that it is not directly linked to the ancient and deep-rooted privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 27 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |